Safety-bridle.



D. REED.

SAFETY BRIDLE. APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 18, 1909.

982,159. Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

DAVID REED, OF DEWITTVILLE, NEW YORK.

SAFETY-BRIDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed. December 13, 1909. Serial No. 532,838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID REED, a citizen of the United States, residingat Dewittville, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Bridles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and novel improvements in harness and moreparticularly to bridles wherein provision is made for handling andcontrolling fractious horses.

It contemplates the construction of an attachment for bridles which maybe readily applied to bridles of any type and character, and which mayalso be attached and detached to the reins at will.

Vith the above and other objects in View this invention consists of theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a horses head provided with the presentinvention and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the attachment. 7

Reference being had to the drawings, A indicates a bridle constructed inthe usual manner having a strap 1 located on the headstall of the bridlebetween the ears of the horse.

The attachment forming the sub ect-mat ter of the present inventioncomprises a strap 2 located on the .horses neck to the rear of the ears,said strap being provided with a buckle 8 adapted to receive the strapcarried by the head-stall of the bridle. The strap 2 is looped uponitself at its extremities, and the terminals thereof are secured in thebuckles t carried by the reinforcing strip of leather 5 on each side ofthe buckle 3. In this manner the adjustable loops 6 are formed andconsequently provide a means of carrying the links 7 said links havingformed on the lower side thereof the rollers 8. A strap 9 is loopedunder the horses neck and through the links 7 in such a manner that theterminals 10 thereof extend in a downward direction approximatelyparallel to the head-stall. In order to supply a means whereby thisstrap may be permanently secured to the links 7 a limiting strap 11 issecured thereto on each side of the links and is provided with thekeeper 17 embracing both the strap 9 and the said limiting strap. Inthis manner the provision of the loops 6 supplies a means whereby theattachment is adjustable to all sizes of horses, and a means of limitingthe motion of the strap 9. The terminals 10 of the strap 9 have theloops 12 formed thereby in the usual manner engaging the rings 13.Through the medium of these rings, the reins 16 are secured to theattachment through the instrumentality of the snap hooks 14 carriedthereby.

In operation, the attachment is placed on the horses head, the neck ofthe animal being engaged in the loop formed between the strap 9 and thestrap 2. The terminals 10 of the strap 9 are then moved inwardly throughthe bit rings 15, after which they are engaged by the reins 16. Thus, itwill be seen that when the horse becomes fractions, a very hard pressurebrought to bear upon the reins will cause the terminals 10 of the strap9 to be drawn through the bit rings 15, and as a result cause a pressureto be exerted on the horses throat, which when continued will choke theanimal and cause him to quiet. However, during the ordinary course ofdriving the strap 10 does notextend entirely through the ring 15, and asa result the ordinary pressure applied to the reins in the courseofdriving the animal would not cause him to be in any way annoyed by theattachment.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a. bridle, ofan attachment comprising a supporting strap, said supporting strapadapted to rest on the back of the animals neck, a connection betweensaid supporting strap and said bridle, loops formed at the ends of saidsupporting strap, links carried by said loops, a choking strap adaptedto pass through said links under the animals neck and through the bitrings of the bridle, and a limiting strap secured to said choking strapon the opposite sides of said links and centrally secured to saidchoking strap.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID REED.

Witnesses DANA H. BAIRD,

EUGENE LINK.

